Hillary Clinton poised to win support of nation's largest teachers union

Hillary Clinton poised to win support of nation's largest teachers union

Flick picks: ?Early Man? elevates cave paintings to a work of art

From the makers of ?Wallace & Gromit? and ?Chicken Run? comes "Early Man," a sweet-natured stop-motion animated feature recounting the invention of football ? that?s soccer to Americans ? and how it saves one caveman?s tribe from some greedy Bronze Age colonizers.
Dug (Eddie Redmayne) is a happy-go-lucky teenager who wishes his tribe of fur-clad hunters would consider game a little bit bigger than rabbits. Like mammoths, maybe.
When he finally encounters the giant beasts, however,?

United Airlines turns to making its Los Angeles hub a more caring place

At United Airlines, the push to be a more caring airline continues to gathering steam.
After the carrier's topline supervisors traveled to Chicago last month for intensive training in how to establish a more caring relationship with fellow employees and customers, the Chicago-based airline is, as promised, expanding the training ? dubbed Core4 ? to reach all frontline employees throughout the carrier's network.
The rollout of training began this week for employees at United's hub at Los?

Miso Robotics, a robotics and artificial intelligence company for restaurants and food providers, has secured $10 million in series B financing and will soon debut its hamburger-flipping robot, ?Flippy,? at CaliBurger?s Pasadena, California, location.
The funding round was led by Acacia Research Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTG). Participating strategic investors included sports and entertainment hospitality company Levy Restaurants; OpenTable Chief Technology Officer Joseph Essas and founding investor?

Why Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is investing in L.A. startups

When Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian bought his first home in San Francisco, he bypassed hiring a dedicated real estate agent and used Open Listings instead.
He was so happy with the experience that he invested in the startup?s $6.5 million Series A through the venture capital firm he co-founded, Initialized Capital.
Ohanian on Monday will chat with Open Listings co-founder and CTO Alex Farrill, as well as a couple other L.A. area startup founders, about building meaningful, high-impact businesses?

Audiences flocked to the theater on Thursday night for the opening of Marvel Studios' "Black Panther," and the experts say the movie could have one of the biggest box office openings of the year.
Box Office Pro revised its prediction Feb. 15 to $205 million, about $24 million more than what it originally predicted for the movie's opening weekend. Marvel's parent Walt Disney Co. predicted $150 million, according to Ad Age.
Pre-sales for "Black Panther" exceeded any other Marvel movie. More than?